Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Following a series of articles detailing issues at Winterfest at Brooklyn Museum, merchants participating in the event ask, despite the controversies, for locals to visit the holiday market to support the small businesses there. Winterfest at Brooklyn Museum (Photo: Nathan Haselby)“As a vendor here I can attest
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[UPDATED: Wednesday, January 2, 2019, 10:30am] Johanna Guevara-Smiley clarified that her company Dropping Seeds invested $10,000 in total for the event, including rent for the chalet ($6,745), as well as staff, product, and labor. [UPDATED: Sunday, December 16, 2018, 11:30am] This article originally stated that Pamela
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Renovations on the way of the new Stocked Burger. (Photo credit: Matthew Fulton) CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS — After an electrical fire in 2016 shuttered their Vanderbilt Avenue business for 14 months, owners of Stocked Cafe [https://www.stockedbrooklyn.com/], Matthew Fulton and Lesley Covitz were filled with emotion over the
Announcements
This December, Park Slope’s foodies will be lined up to celebrate the grand opening of Pokéworks [http://www.pokeworks.com], the nation’s leading healthy, fast-casual poke restaurant. The new spot at 258 7th Ave., officially debuted November 5, with a fresh take on Hawaiian-inspired poke bowls and burritos
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Back in October, the Brooklyn Public Library launched a contest [/name-the-brooklyn-public-library-eagle/] to name the grandiose cast-copper eagle sculpture [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/02/23/eagle-above-our-doorway] perched above the lobby of the Central Library branch at 10 Grand Army Plaza. Brooklyn Historical Society gifted this cast-copper eagle
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Some customers disappointed with the paid attractions at Winterfest during the event’s opening weekend are now feeling frustrated by the lack of response from the event’s organizers. Winterfest at Brooklyn Museum, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Lena Romanova, the founder of Winterfest at
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A surveillance still released by the police of the suspect entering the subway (Via DCPI)PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – A man from Queens has been arrested and charged in connection with the rape in Prospect Park earlier this month [/police-searching-for-man-who-raped-and-robbed-woman-in-prospect-park/], police announced. Mowngly Lucas, 28, was arrested by NYPD on Wednesday,
Events
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Tis the season for holiday parties and dressing up in festive attire, and the Brooklyn Public Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/people%E2%80%99s-ball-night-style-central-library-20181201] (BPL) is hosting a free bash “celebrating imagination, style and freedom, with a touch of subversion” this Saturday, December 1. BPL’s
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PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – Police have released new video of the suspect wanted in connection with a rape that occurred in Prospect Park earlier this month. [/police-searching-for-man-who-raped-and-robbed-woman-in-prospect-park/] In addition, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has added $1,000 [https://twitter.com/BPEricAdams/status/1067784573935919110] to the $2,500 reward being offered
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A holiday festival that promised to transform a 40,000-square-foot space behind the Brooklyn Museum into an outdoor winter wonderland featuring shopping, entertainment, and activities has left some families feeling disappointed. Winterfest at Brooklyn Museum, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)While Winterfest at the Brooklyn
Arts & Culture
A portrait of Frida Kahlo by Toni Frissell (Via Wikimedia Commons)The Brooklyn Museum has just announced the subject of their next major exhibition: Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In one of the biggest exhibitions of her work in the last decade, the Brooklyn Museum will host the show, titled Frida
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it’s time to start prepping for the holidays, and Winterfest at the Brooklyn Museum [http://winterfestbrooklynmuseum.com/] will help get you into the spirit. Photo via WinterfestFrom Black Friday, November 23 through Monday, December 31, a 40,000-square-foot space between the Brooklyn Museum